Scooped: Germany's Roding Roadster Takes New Shape

We'll forgive you if you've never heard of the name Roding before. Based in Germany, the company made its first appearance at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show with an odd-looking roadster concept promising to deliver a production version of the two-seat mid-engine sports car in the near future.

Fast forward to today, and our crafty scoop photographers captured a prototype of the Roding Roadster honed at the Nürburgring racetrack. If you take a look at the photos of the original concept, you'll see that Roding has significantly altered the design of the Roadster, which is probably a good thing…